Late last year, computer giant HP promised to make webOS an open source supported platform. On Friday, HP launched the beta release. The final version is expected to be released at the end of September.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced plans to make the WebOS software code available under an open-source license, allowing other developers to alter it and release their own versions of the operating system for sale.

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.